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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8030368 | Photoinitiated reactions Photoinitiated reactions especially in photopolymer technology, as well as photoinitiated color forming reactions are achievable by applying a reactive substrate selected from a polymerisable and/or crosslinkable composition and a color changing substance to a suppo... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7888401 | Ink composition and inkjet ink, and image-forming method and recorded material using the same, and oxetane compound An active energy ray-curable ink composition, which contains a compound having, in its molecule, an oxetane ring and at least one selected from a dioxolane ring, a dioxane ring, and a dioxepane ring; an ink composition, which contains a cationically-polymerizable co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7417074 | Ink for ink jet and ink jet recording apparatus There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7378457 | No VOC radiation curable resin compositions with enhanced flexibility The present invention provides radiation curable resin compositions having enhanced low temperature flexibility and to methods of using these compositions. The radiation curable resin compositions contain no or essentially no volatile organic components (VOCs), and ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7232850 | Photocurable compositions for articles having stable tensile properties A photocurable composition comprising cationically curable compound, an acrylate-containing compound; a hydroxyl-containing compound; a cationic photoinitiator; and a free radical photoinitiator; wherein said composition has less than 0.54 equivalents of cationicall... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232852 | Photopolymerizable compositions that include alicyclic/aromatic dioxiranes and novel dioxiranyl tetraoxaspiro [5.5] undecanes A visible light cationically photopolymerizable composition is provided. This composition includes an expanding monomer and a dioxirane. More specifically, the expanding monomer used in this composition is one or more dioxiranyl tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecanes. The comp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217743 | Curable white ink A curable ink for jet-ink recording comprising a white pigment and a polymerizable compound, wherein the polymerizable compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of: (a) oxetane compounds; (b) pyrrole or substituted pyrroles; (c) aniline or substitute... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188469 | Exhaust system and methods of reducing contaminants in an exhaust stream In one embodiment, a method of reducing NOx contaminant in an exhaust stream includes: introducing diesel fuel and an oxidant to a reformer to produce a reformer effluent comprising hydrogen and nitrogen, introducing the reformer effluent to a non-thermal plasma rea... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169829 | Maleimido-bearing compounds resin composition containing the same and cured articles thereof The present invention provides (meth)acrylate compounds bearing a specific maleimide group and resin compositions containing said compounds that can be cured by irradiation of light in a practical dose even when a photoinitiator is not used or used in a smaller amou... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7098258 | Heat-curable resin composition and use thereof The heat-curable resin composition of the present invention comprises an epoxy-containing resin and a curing agent, wherein the curing agent is cyclohexanetricarboxylic acid and/or an anhydride thereof. The heat-curable resin composition exhibits an excellent curabi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6916855 | Radiation curable compositions The invention relates to a radiation curable composition comprising radiation curable components wherein at least one component of the radiation curable composition contains a functional group which, when attached to an acrylate group has a calculated Boltzmann aver... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6894084 | No VOC radiation curable resin compositions The present invention provides radiation curable resin compositions that contain no or essentially no volatile organic components (VOCs), and to methods of using these compositions. The radiation curable resin compositions find particular use as coating compositions... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6844375 | 4-methylene-1,3-dioxolanes as cross-linking agents The invention relates to: 4-methylene-1,3-dioxolanes of the general formula (I) wherein R1 denotes hydrogen, C5-C6-cycloalkyl or C1-C4-alkyl; m and n, which may be the same o... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6777458 | Method for producing scratch-resistant coatings A process for producing scratch-resistant coatings, encompassing the following steps: applying at least one UV-curable coating composition to at least one surface of an article to be coated, said coating composition comprising at least one polymer and/or olig... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6689463 | Secondary coating composition for optical fibers The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers that includes a UV curable coating composition. The composition includes at least one component having at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymeriza... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6653486 | Spiroorthocarbonates containing epoxy groups Photopolymerizable compositions are provided which are the reaction products of a vinyl ether, a photoinitiator system comprising an iodonium salt, a visible light sensitizer, and an electron donor compound. These monomeric/oligomeric compositions may als... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6649668 | Initiator system comprising an onium borate and a cyclic group containing photoinitiator The invention concerns the field of polymerization and/or cross-linking reaction catalysis by cationic process of monomers, oligomers and/or polymers. In particular, novel polymerization and/or cross-linking initiator systems comprising at least one onium... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6610759 | Cationically polymerizable adhesive composition containing an acidic component and methods and materials employing same An adhesive composition that includes a mixture of a cationically polymerizable component, an acidic component, and an initiator is provided. Preferably, the initiator comprises an iodonium salt, a visible light sensitizer, and an electron donor compound,... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6592801 | Photopolymerization of episulfides using metal complexes and its use for making ophthalmic lenses A process for polymerizing episulfide monomers comprising the steps of: (c) mixing to an episulfide monomer or a mixture of episulfide monomers an effective amount of at least one photopolymerization catalyst selected from the group consisting of (cyclopentadi... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6590011 | Radiation initiated epoxy-amine systems An epoxy-amine composition includes an epoxy resin, an amine curative and a latent catalyst. The latent catalyst does not cause the instant acceleration of the reaction between epoxides and amines. In the presence of radiation, the latent catalyst generat... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6489375 | Low VOC cationic curable lithographic printing inks An Offset Lithographic Printing Process employing low VOC lithographic printing ink formulations containing monomeric diluents, curable by cationic polymerization in the presence of fountain solution and resin rheology modifiers compatible with cationic c... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6482868 | Accelerators useful for energy polymerizable compositions Accelerators that can be useful for an energy polymerizable composition comprising a cationically curable material; energy polymerizable -compositions comprising at least one cationically curable material and an initiation system therefor, the initiation ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6458865 | Photopolymerizable vinyl ether based monomeric formulations and polymerizable compositions which may include certain novel spiroorthocarbonates Photopolymerizable compositions are provided which are the reaction products of a vinyl ether, a photoinitiator system comprising an iodonium salt, a visible light sensitizer, and an electron donor compound. These monomeric/oligomeric compositions may als... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6235808 | Radiation-curable cycloaliphatic epoxy compounds, uses thereof, and compositions containing them Disclosed are compounds of the formulas ##STR1## which are useful as monomers in photopolymerizable compositions. Also disclosed are methods of polymerizing these monomers, and polymers produced thereby.... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6191181 | Urethane acrylates and their use in coating compositions The present invention relates to urethane acrylates, which may be cured with high-energy radiation, in which the urethane acrylates are the reaction product of a) a polyisocyanate component containing 20 to 100 mole %, based on the moles of the polyisocya... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187836 | Compositions featuring cationically active and free radically active functional groups, and methods for polymerizing such compositions Photopolymerizable compositions that include free radically active and cationically active functional groups, and methods for polymerizing such compositions, in which the onset of cationic polymerization is controllably delayed to extend the time between ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6127085 | Photo-curable resin composition A novel photo-curable resin composition. The resin composition capable of providing a cured product having excellent mechanical strength, high dimensional accuracy, and excellent toughness. The resin composition is capable of providing a cured product whi... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6110983 | Foamed particles of cross-linked aliphatic polyester resins, process for producing them, and foamed moldings obtained from them Foamed and expanded beads of a crosslinked aliphatic polyester resin having a gel fraction of at least 5% by weight. The expanded beads may be obtained by crosslinking beads of a non-crosslinked aliphatic polyester resin with a crosslinking agent includin... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6008265 | Fluorinated ionic sulfonylimides and sulfonylmethylides, process of preparing same and use thereof as photoinitiators An ionic compound comprising at least one group A+ X-, comprising: a cationic group A+ selected from the group consisting of biaryliodonium, arylsulfonium, arylacylsulfonium, diazonium and organometallic cations comprising... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6001535 | Monomers with cyclic carbonate groups Monomers with cyclic carbonate groups of the formula I are suitable for the production of photosensitive recording materials, for example for the production of offset printing plates ##STR1## in which A means an (n+m)-valent hydrocarbon residue with ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5925719 | Photoresist developable in aqueous base made from acid-functional ଲ-hydroxy thiol resin A substantially ester-free, acid-functional thiol-functional resin is prepared via the reaction of an epoxy compound with a thiolacetic acid in the presence of an amine catalyst and heat to form a thioacetate derivative which is hydrolyzed to yield an est... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5808108 | Polymeric compositions and composites prepared from spiroorthocarbonates and epoxy monomers Polymeric compositions are provided which are the reaction product of spiroorthocarbonates and epoxy resins and undergo reduced bulk polymerization shrinkage. The spiroorthocarbonates are of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X=O or S; R... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5733948 | Tack-free photopolymer printing plate A photopolymer resin composition useful in producing printing plates with low levels of surface tack is disclosed. Acetal compounds are incorporated into the photopolymer resin composition to achieve the low tack results.... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5694852 | Rotogravure printing media and methods of manufacturing a rotogravure printing device employing the media A printing medium or image carrier for application to a printing apparatus or substrate which comprises a plastic composition which is applied to a printing substrate to form a plastic coating covering the substrate, which plastic coating is engraved to p... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5670590 | Energy polymerizable compositions, homopolymers and copolymers of oxazolines An energy polymerizable composition comprising at least one cationically curable 5 or 6 membered 1,3 oxazyl heterocyclic compounds, including 1,3-oxazoline and 1,3-oxazine monomers or compound and a catalytically effective amount of an initiator comprisin... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5262449 | Radiation curable coating compositions This invention relates to a coating composition which can be cured by exposure to radiation energy in the presence of a cationic photoinitiator. The composition comprises a mixture of between about 1 and about 75 wt. % of a reactive vinyl or alk-1-enyl et... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5167882 | Stereolithography method An improved stereolithography method for building a three-dimensional article including the steps of patternwise curing successive layers of a bath of curable liquid resin formulation until the article has been completely built up, removing the article fr... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5089536 | Energy polmerizable compositions containing organometallic initiators An energy polymerizable composition and process therefore, comprising a cationically polymerizable material and a catalytically effective amount of an ionic salt of an organometallic complex cation as polymerization initiator, said ionic salt of an organo... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5047261 | Process for the manufacture of coatings by radiocrosslinking The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of coatings by radiocrosslinking. A radio-crosslinkable composition (C) is produced first of all by mixing at least one (meth)acrylic compound (A) with a reactive diluent system comprising at least on... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5021465 | Photocurable resin composition and method of producing decorative material using the same A photocurable resin composition comprising: (A) a curable polymer or oligomer having one or more (metha)acryloyl groups in its molecule; (B) a white pigment; (C) a radical-generating compound having a decomposition temperature of 60° C. or lower at a half-li... | 06/04/1991 |
